President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the appointment of Ahmed Audi as the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for another five-year term.
The reappointment, which took effect on Friday, was announced on Saturday in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
Audi was first appointed to lead the NSCDC in 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. His initial five-year tenure ended last Friday while he was participating in activities marking the 2026 World Civil Defence Day at the corps’ national headquarters in Abuja.
According to the presidency, Audi is expected to resume duties on Monday with a renewed mandate.
President Tinubu tasked the NSCDC chief with repositioning the corps to assume a more strategic role within Nigeria’s security architecture, particularly as the police refocus on their core mandate of protecting citizens from banditry, kidnapping, and terrorism.
Born on September 30, 1967, in Laminga town, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Audi began his educational career at Teachers’ College, Jengre, Plateau State, where he obtained a Teachers’ Grade II Certificate in 1987.
He later earned a Nigeria Certificate in Education from the College of Education, Akwanga, in 1992, before proceeding to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Physical and Health Education in 1995.
Audi obtained a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Calabar in 2001. He subsequently earned a PhD in Public Administration from Nasarawa State University in 2014, and a master’s degree in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice from Ahmadu Bello University in 2019.
He joined the NSCDC as a volunteer in November 1996 and, after completing his basic officer training in 1997, was deployed as a divisional officer in Obi LGA of Nasarawa State.
In 2007, he was promoted to the rank of commandant and posted to the office of the Commandant-General at the NSCDC national headquarters in Abuja, where he later rose to become the head of the paramilitary agency.
